The luxury hotel (****) was more like (***), but still great fun! Bizarrely, the hotel bar closed at 11pm, and reception refused to send drinks up to our room after this time (how do these places survive if they won't allow romantic, gullible fools to order overpriced, warm Cava at 11.30 pm?!)… still, Roses out of season was pleasant. We walked along the beach for a minute or two at night, and the sound of small waves breaking on the shore brought back images of Devon in the summer.

I decided it would be wise at this point to smoke a joint in the bath (we don't have a bath at home, only a shower; and no, this wasn't irresponsible in the least: sometimes, extreme relaxation is completely deserved, and this was one of those times).

Then yesterday, we went to a few other costal towns (including Cadaques, Salvador 'mad pervert' Dalí's home town), looked at boats, eggs on roofs, children and the like, before eating at a seaside restaurant. I had some of the best lamb chops ever (though I think they were helped along by a delicious Crianza). G's parents were very kind to organise this for us, and for driving us around the Costa Brava.

The short trip really put us in the travelling mood. We are almost certainly going to Australia this year, but the question is when. Ideally, we'll go at the end of November, enjoy some sunshine there, and have the chance of an earlier break (in July) too. We have been considering an Interrail trip around Spain, Portugal and Morocco. However, this will also depend on the job situation – I think I'm going to have to start looking pretty soon for an alternative to Order Entry Agent.

Coming up (maybe later today)>> more images and other stuff for the website. Adéu!